Saw



P. S. LEGGE Nov. 19; 1929,.

SAW

Filed Jan. 27. 1 92'7 Patented Nov. 19, 1929 PETER: S'. LEGGE, OF SOM-ERXEIIJLE, MASSACHUSETTS.'

SAW

Application led January 27, 1927. Serial No. 164,071.

My invention relates to saws, and particularly but not exclusively to one of the band saw type for sawing stone.

The invention will be best understood from the following description when read in the light of the accompanying drawing showing one specific embodiment of the invention, while the scope of the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is an elevation showing a section of the length of the saw with parts broken away;

Fig. 2 is a to Fig. 1;

Figs. 3 and 4 respectively are sections on the lines 3-3 and 4 4 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a radial section through the rim of a pulley with a saw constructed according to Fig. 1 passing over it.

Referring to the drawing I have shown a saw which comprises a row of spaced saw teeth l and 2 carried by a plurality of ilexible members herein exemplified by a pair of wire cables 3.

As illustrated, the saw teeth are carried on flat plate like members 5 which at opposite sides near their tops and bottoms are cut away as shown at 7 and bent to form the laterally projecting lugs 9 .providing perforations 11 through which the cables are threaded. The diameters of the perforations referably are such as to present no more c earance with the cable than necessary to thread the cable through the lugs, although for convenience of illustration this clearance has been slightly exaggerated.

Herein for spacing the saw teeth 1, the members 5 at their lower ends are bent to form portions 13 presenting cylindrical surfaces 15 in rolling contact facilitating the passage of the saw about a guiding or driving pulley when employed in connection with plan view of the saw according such pulley.

As shown the lowermost portions 16 of the members 5 are odset in alignment with the axial lines of the cables 3, and at their lower edges 17 are formed with openings 19 having the semi-circular edges 21 connected to said edges 17 by converging `edges 232 Herein'l the portions, 16' carry Vthe saw teeth which may be ofj any suitable form, for example: those indicated at 1 in Fig. 1 may bev offa mixture of carborundum grains and a suitable binder molded' about the lower ledges of'themembers 5' and baked to render them hard. Thecar borundum mixture when molded over the members 5 fills the openings-19 and! in effect forms a dove-tail joint with said? members, which securely holds the teeth thereon.

The toothA indicated at 2J inrFigs. 2and--3 may be of steel, and.' as illustrated' is.: secured to the member 5V byVA means of plugsr25-litting holes-26for1ned through the tooth .in registry with the semi-circular portions 2li of the openings 19.l As-shown the holev26 is countersunk at opposite ends as indicated at 27,

the plug 25 having a flat head 29 fitting one of these countersunk portions, which` head? is provided with a slot 31 for receiving the screw engagingend? of' a screw driver. As shown the plug 25 is held in position in`l the hole 26 formed inthe tooth byaf flat head machine screw 33 extending'into 'the' end of: said hole opposite-said plug.y

ConvenientlyI the saw mayy be provided with a pulley engaging facing hereinI exemplified bythe plates `35whichmay'be of yielding material such as rubber secured to; the members- 5 by rivetsI 37;v As shownA the lugs 9 project' laterally beyond the outer faces of the plates 35 so as to provide means'forV engagement with cooperating parts for. pre-l venting slipping ofi the saw o. the guiding or driving, pulley or pulleys over which. it

' passes' Asillustrated'by Fig. 5 the'- rimsof thepulleys referred to may be formed asfindicated at 39 so as to present grooves 41` which receive the lugs 9, the face of the'pull'ey herein beingindicated as faced with ay layer 43 of rubber or other yielding material which', in conjunction with the yieldable plates 35, facilitates proper lit of the sawwith the-face ofthepulley- Als illustrated in. Figs. 1V andl 3 the upper ends ofthe plates 5 are offset. into alignment withy theaxesof the cables to provide por` tions-.45, theiupper edges47. of. which provide CTI Cil

tracks for engagement with any sort of a suitable pressure device for the saw.

The ends of the cables 3, when the device is used as a band saw, may be joined by securing to one of said ends in a known manner a right hand screw threaded sleeve i9 and to the other end a left hand screw threaded sleeve 51, which sleeves may be joined by a coupling sleeve 53 having at the respective opposite ends thereof internal right and l'eft hand screw threads. As shown the plates 5 adjacent the coupling sleeve are notched as indicated at to permit the corresponding lugs 13 to contact.

It will be understood that within the lscope of the invention wide deviations may be made from the specific embodiment thereof herein described Without departnig from the spirit of the invention.

Claims:

1. A saw having, in combination, an elongated flexible member, a row of saw teeth, means operatively supporting said teeth in spaced relation on said flexible member comprising separate tooth-carrying-members threaded on said flexible member, adjacent tooth-carrying-members having abutting portions in rolling contact.

2. A saw having, in combination, means for supporting a row of saw teeth comprising tooth-carrying-members, said members formed with laterally projecting eyes through which passes, a cable for supporting said members.

3. A saw having, in combination, means for supporting a row of saw` teeth comprising tooth-carrying-members, said members formed with lugs adapted to beV received in recesses in a sawguiding or driving pulley, said lugs having perforations through which passes a cable for supporting said members.

4Q A saw having, in combination, `a plurality of parallel'cables, members having laterally extending lugs adapted to be received by recesses in a saw driving or guiding pulley;

said lugs having perforations through whichV said cables pass, saw teeth 'carried by said members, said members andv said lugs lying between the planes defining the opposite sides ofthe saw cut adapted to be formed by said saw teeth. v

5.v AV saw having, `in combination, a plu-- rality of parallel cables, members having laterally extending lugs adapted to be received by recesses in a saw driving or guiding pulley,` saidV lugs having perforations through which said cables pass, a pulley engaging facing carried by said members between said lugs, saw teeth carried by said members; said members, lugs and facing lying between the planes defining the opposite sides of the saw cut adapted to be formed by said saw teeth.

6. A saw having, in combination, a plurality of parallel cables, members having laterally extending lugs adapted to be received name to this specification.y

P. S. LEGGE. 

